Let your slow cooker do (almost) all the work for you…Slow cooker Miso Beef & Noodles flavored with white miso paste, ginger, garlic & dry sherry. Add some broth & let it slowly cook for hours while you do very little. Towards the end of the beef’s cooking time mushrooms & baby bok choy are added & the noodles cooked. Arrange the noodles in a bowl or add the cooked noodles into the slow cooker & mix them through. I like to style the noodles in bowls then ladle over the buttery beef, the bok choy, mushrooms, green onions & the flavorful broth. Then slurp away.
I’ve added substitutions at the end of the recipe so you can easily make this your own & in case you don’t have some of the ingredients or can’t be bothered shopping. Do you remember, you can buy most anything online these days.
SLOW COOKER MISO BEEF & NOODLES
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 lbs (907g) chuck roast, trimmed of excess fat, cubed
- 2 cups (500ml) beef broth
- 1/4 cup (60ml) dry sherry
- 1/4 cup (60ml) white miso paste
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 8 oz (226g) fresh shiitake mushrooms, trimmed of stems (or use dried shiitake) (see note)
- 4 baby Shanghai bok choy, quartered
- 8 green onions, trimmed & cut into 1-inch/2.5cm lengths
- 10 oz (283g) package of lo mein noodles cooked according to package directions
- Toasted sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Brown the beef in batches for about 5 minutes per batch until browned all over. Add to a slow cooker. You can skip this step & put the uncooked beef straight into the cooker.
- Add broth, sherry, miso, garlic, ginger & sugar. Cook on high for 4 to 6 hours or low 8 to 10 hours until beef is very tender.
- Add the mushrooms & bok choy ; stir. Cook, covered for 10 to 20 minutes until bok choy is bright & just cooked. Add the scallions and stir to combine.
- Arrange the hot noodles in warmed serving bowls. Spoon in the beef, veggies & broth. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Notes
• If fresh shiitake mushrooms aren’t available you can sub dried shiitake, just soak them first or use any mushroom you prefer.
• Switch out bok choy for broccoli or snow peas. This was intended to be an easy, meal with simple yet bold flavors. Don’t add more than two different veg, three if you count the green onions.
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